This world famous rogue trader now works as a debt counsellor

Nick Leeson single handedly lost Barings Bank £862 million in 1995. Reuters What do you do when you lose a bank £862 million through illegal and fraudulent trading? Well, you become a debt counsellor, of course.

Leeson's interview marks the 20th anniversary since he caused the collapse of Barings Bank. He fled Singapore with his then-wife Lisa and after he disastrously "lost a lot of money" across a flood of rogue trades. After causing an international manhunt, the bank eventually collapsed three days later as it struggled to recapitalise at such short notice, after Leeson concealed the losses from 1992 to 1995.

"You go through them all. But the lasting one for me is embarrassment," said Leeson. "Because it's the complete opposite of what I wanted. I'd want to be remembered for my successes rather than my failures, but nothing that I do is probably ever going to change that."

Nick Leeson (C), the rogue trader who broke Britain's oldest merchant bank, smiles as he is escorted by police at Changi Airport after he was freed from a Singapore prison in this July 3, 1999 file photo. Reuters He now l ives with his second wife Leona, in her home town of Galway, Ireland, after his first wife divorced him while he was in jail.

He served four and a half years in a Singapore prison for his rogue trading activities. However, he was released early when he contracted bowel cancer.

While the court made him personally liable for £100 million after he was convicted, liquidators stopped chasing him in 2005.

"Look, I live comfortably, I don't try to hide from that. I'm very well paid for the talks that I do." When pressed, however, he admits that for someone who had "a huge need for success", it's not quite fulfilling, "because I still feel that I have more to offer".